Happy Wednesday!
We started off the day today working in the computer lab on the school laptops. The students were put into pairs and were asked work on their key board skills and once they reached a certain level they were able to celebrate by playing a computer game. During language the children worked on special sounds, root words, suffixes, and cursive. After language the children continued working on their final summative project for our current Unit of Inquiry. In today's class all the children worked on turning their edited rough copies into good copies and we also discussed the expectations of the assignment based on the rubric. Tomorrow once all the good copies are completed we are going to begin the art element that follows the stories. The children will all have to take their story and turn it into either a painting, poem, song, dance, puppet show or diorama. Please note, if your child has decided to create a puppet show or diorama, please help by sending them in supplies they can use for its construction. Please speak with your child tonight to find out their preference for the art piece to make sure they have any supplies they need. During math today the children worked on exploring the sides and corners of various common shapes (grade one) and working with perimeter (grade two). They also went to P.E and french class.
Homework: Read for 15 minutes and record in the reading chart, practice weekly spelling words, math pages 156 - 157, Letters and Sounds page 134 - 135, cursive pages 140 - 141 and locate art supplies if necessary.
Important information: Tomorrow is the next casual day. If your child has paid their $2 they may come to school dressed in any casual clothing they would like.
Tomorrow, each child is going to begin creating the art piece to accompany the stories that they have written in class. Your child has the choice of creating a song, poem, painting, play, puppet show or diorama. If your child has chosen to make a puppet show or diorama, please help by sending in supplies for them to use.
On March 7th we are having our St. Patrick's Day Spirit Day. Children are asked to come to school wearing green to help celebrate this holiday!
Pizza forms have gone home with all children last night Please keep your eye out for them.
All children have brought home a permission form regarding an upcoming Reptile Show that is taking place at SJA on March 8th. The event will give the children great information that will be used in an upcoming 'Charcteristics of Animals' unit. Please make sure the signed permission form and $5 are brought into school by tomorrow.
Please see a copy of the rubric that I posted last night. This is what I am going to be using to assess the story and art piece the students are currently working on in our Unit of Inquiry. Both items will be completed and assessed by this Friday. I hope that by having the rubric available, it will help set the students up for success!
Best regards,
Mrs. Nelson
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Good afternoon!
We started off the day today working on a writing activity. The students were asked to compare the differences between a note and a letter. Once the differences were understood, the students were asked to write their own notes to someone either, thanking them for something, or offering them best wishes. A lot of creative ideas came out in that activity! We continued on with language where the children worked on special sounds, compound words, opposites, and cursive. After language the children continued working on their final summative project for our current Unit of Inquiry. The students all came to school today with their rough copies of their stories begun. In today's class the children continued working on their rough copies, and some even had theirs edited and began working on their good copies. Tonight for homework, the children have been asked to complete their rough copy versions of their stories. Once the good copies are completed, there is an art elements that follows the stories. The children will all have to take their story and turn it into either a painting, poem, song, dance, puppet show or diorama. The art element will begin on Thursday. If your child has decided to create a puppet show or diorama, please help by sending them in supplies they can use for its construction. During math today the children worked on exploring the difference in common shapes (grade one) and working with perimeter (grade two). They also went to music, P.E and french class.
Homework: Read for 15 minutes and record in the reading chart, practice weekly spelling words, math pages 154 - 155, cursive pages 138 - 139 and complete rough copy of the story.
Important information: Tomorrow is a gym day again. The week of March 5th, we will see gym days return to Monday and Wednesday as usual.
Thursday, March 1st is the next casual day. If your child has paid their $2 they may come to school dressed in any casual clothing they would like.
On Thursday each child is going to begin creating the art piece to accompany the stories that they have written in class. Your child has the choice of creating a song, poem, painting, play, puppet show or diorama. If your child has chosen to make a puppet show or diorama, please help by sending in supplies for them to use.
On March 7th we are having our St. Patrick's Day Spirit Day. Children are asked to come to school wearing green to help celebrate this holiday!
Pizza forms have gone home with all children last night Please keep your eye out for them.
All children have brought home a permission form regarding an upcoming Reptile Show that is taking place at SJA on March 8th. The event will give the children great information that will be used in an upcoming 'Charcteristics of Animals' unit. Please make sure the signed permission form and $5 are brought into school by March 1st.
Please see a copy of the rubric I am going to be using to assess the story and art piece the students are currently working on. Both items will be completed and assessed by this Friday. I hope that by having the rubric available, it will help set the students up for success!
Best regards,
Mrs. Nelson
We started off the day today working on a writing activity. The students were asked to compare the differences between a note and a letter. Once the differences were understood, the students were asked to write their own notes to someone either, thanking them for something, or offering them best wishes. A lot of creative ideas came out in that activity! We continued on with language where the children worked on special sounds, compound words, opposites, and cursive. After language the children continued working on their final summative project for our current Unit of Inquiry. The students all came to school today with their rough copies of their stories begun. In today's class the children continued working on their rough copies, and some even had theirs edited and began working on their good copies. Tonight for homework, the children have been asked to complete their rough copy versions of their stories. Once the good copies are completed, there is an art elements that follows the stories. The children will all have to take their story and turn it into either a painting, poem, song, dance, puppet show or diorama. The art element will begin on Thursday. If your child has decided to create a puppet show or diorama, please help by sending them in supplies they can use for its construction. During math today the children worked on exploring the difference in common shapes (grade one) and working with perimeter (grade two). They also went to music, P.E and french class.
Homework: Read for 15 minutes and record in the reading chart, practice weekly spelling words, math pages 154 - 155, cursive pages 138 - 139 and complete rough copy of the story.
Important information: Tomorrow is a gym day again. The week of March 5th, we will see gym days return to Monday and Wednesday as usual.
Thursday, March 1st is the next casual day. If your child has paid their $2 they may come to school dressed in any casual clothing they would like.
On Thursday each child is going to begin creating the art piece to accompany the stories that they have written in class. Your child has the choice of creating a song, poem, painting, play, puppet show or diorama. If your child has chosen to make a puppet show or diorama, please help by sending in supplies for them to use.
On March 7th we are having our St. Patrick's Day Spirit Day. Children are asked to come to school wearing green to help celebrate this holiday!
Pizza forms have gone home with all children last night Please keep your eye out for them.
All children have brought home a permission form regarding an upcoming Reptile Show that is taking place at SJA on March 8th. The event will give the children great information that will be used in an upcoming 'Charcteristics of Animals' unit. Please make sure the signed permission form and $5 are brought into school by March 1st.
Please see a copy of the rubric I am going to be using to assess the story and art piece the students are currently working on. Both items will be completed and assessed by this Friday. I hope that by having the rubric available, it will help set the students up for success!
Best regards,
Mrs. Nelson
Work habits | Excellent. Worked very well with no interruptions. | Very good. Worked well with few interruptions. | Fair. Worked with many interruptions | Poor. Was not able to work due to interruptions. |
Quality of the story. | Excellent. The story showed thought and made sense. There were little to no errors. Evidence of effort always showed. Proofreading was evident. | Very good. The story showed some thought and often made sense. There were a few errors that did not distract. Evidence of effort usually showed. Proofreading was almost always evident. | Fair. The story sometimes showed thought and made some sense. There were many errors. Some evidence of effort was shown. Proofreading needs improvement. | Poor. The story showed no thought and did not make sense. There were many errors that distracted. No effort was shown. Proofreading needs great improvement. |
Creativity | Excellent. The story was extremely creative and showed ‘out of the box’ thinking. The story did was full of interesting ideas and passion. | Very good. The story was creative and had interesting ideas. The story showed some passion for writing. | Fair. The story did not show a lot of creativity or passion for writing. The ideas were standard. | Poor. Little to no creativity was shown in the story writing. There was no passion shown. The story ideas were basic. |
Quality of art piece. | Excellent. The art piece showed tremendous effort and completely reflected the story. A great deal of effort was shown in its creation. | Very good. The art piece showed good effort and mostly reflected the story. Effort was shown in its creation. | Fair. The art piece showed little effort and did not seem to reflect the story. Little effort was shown in its creation. | Poor The art piece showed no effort and did at all reflect the story. No effort was shown in its creation. |
Monday, February 27, 2012
Happy Monday!
We had a great day back today after a weekend away. The students started off their day copying down their weekly spelling words and working in their spelling books. They worked on long 'e' words (grade one) and vowels paired with 'r' (grade two). After spelling the children began their final summative project for our current Unit of Inquiry. The students have been asked to write a story where they are the main character. The story can be a real event that has happened in their lives, or can be completely fictional. In today's class the students brainstormed a list of possible story topics, and then the students had to choose their favourite topic to write their story about. It was important to choose a topic they have lots of ideas for, as the story needs to be about a page long double spaced. Tonight's homework task is to brainstorm ideas for their story now that they all know their topic. I have also asked that students get started on their rough copy. The rough copy doesn't have to be completed tonight, but I wanted some ideas recorded. During our IB Unit of Inquiry today the students also spent some time reflecting on how they have grown as students so far this year. They spent some time reflecting on the work they have completed, and designed plans for improvement. In the afternoon the children got a chance to paint their own landscapes of a Canadian spring just like we saw with The Group of Seven. We all felt spring in the air today, so it seemed like a great time to get our creative juices flowing! Ask your child tonight to tell you about their paintings. They also went to french class.
Homework: Read for 15 minutes and record in the reading chart, practice weekly spelling words, Spelling Workbook pages 93 - 96 (grade one) pages 89 - 92 (grade two), and complete rough copy brainstorm.
Important information: Tomorrow and Wednesday are gym days. The week of March 5th, we will see gym days return to Monday and Wednesday as usual.
I have sent home envelopes with most students today containing some work that has been completed throughout the school year so far. Some of this work goes way back to our first unit! Each student had a conference with me today and we discussed the work, and reflected on how the student has improved so far this school year. The students each picked out 3 pieces of work and we created a portfolio for them with the titles 'My Best Work', 'The Piece I Worked Hardest On' and 'Something I Would Like to Improve On'. Please keep en eye out for the envelope of work. It does not need to come back to school and can be added into your records at home.
Thursday, March 1st is the next casual day. If your child has paid their $2 they may come to school dressed in any casual clothing they would like.
Pizza forms have gone home with all children tonight. Please keep your eye out for them.
All children have brought home a permission form regarding an upcoming Reptile Show that is taking place at SJA on March 8th. The event will give the children great information that will be used in an upcoming 'Charcteristics of Animals' unit. Please make sure the signed permission form and $5 are brought into school by March 1st.
Best regards,
Mrs. Nelson
Grade One Grade Two
1. we 1. farm
2. eat 2. corn
3. meal 3. hard
4. tree 4. park
5. three 5. part
6. feet 6. horse
7. heat 7. more
8. neat 8. far
9. glee 9. floor
10. really 10. warm
We had a great day back today after a weekend away. The students started off their day copying down their weekly spelling words and working in their spelling books. They worked on long 'e' words (grade one) and vowels paired with 'r' (grade two). After spelling the children began their final summative project for our current Unit of Inquiry. The students have been asked to write a story where they are the main character. The story can be a real event that has happened in their lives, or can be completely fictional. In today's class the students brainstormed a list of possible story topics, and then the students had to choose their favourite topic to write their story about. It was important to choose a topic they have lots of ideas for, as the story needs to be about a page long double spaced. Tonight's homework task is to brainstorm ideas for their story now that they all know their topic. I have also asked that students get started on their rough copy. The rough copy doesn't have to be completed tonight, but I wanted some ideas recorded. During our IB Unit of Inquiry today the students also spent some time reflecting on how they have grown as students so far this year. They spent some time reflecting on the work they have completed, and designed plans for improvement. In the afternoon the children got a chance to paint their own landscapes of a Canadian spring just like we saw with The Group of Seven. We all felt spring in the air today, so it seemed like a great time to get our creative juices flowing! Ask your child tonight to tell you about their paintings. They also went to french class.
Homework: Read for 15 minutes and record in the reading chart, practice weekly spelling words, Spelling Workbook pages 93 - 96 (grade one) pages 89 - 92 (grade two), and complete rough copy brainstorm.
Important information: Tomorrow and Wednesday are gym days. The week of March 5th, we will see gym days return to Monday and Wednesday as usual.
I have sent home envelopes with most students today containing some work that has been completed throughout the school year so far. Some of this work goes way back to our first unit! Each student had a conference with me today and we discussed the work, and reflected on how the student has improved so far this school year. The students each picked out 3 pieces of work and we created a portfolio for them with the titles 'My Best Work', 'The Piece I Worked Hardest On' and 'Something I Would Like to Improve On'. Please keep en eye out for the envelope of work. It does not need to come back to school and can be added into your records at home.
Thursday, March 1st is the next casual day. If your child has paid their $2 they may come to school dressed in any casual clothing they would like.
Pizza forms have gone home with all children tonight. Please keep your eye out for them.
All children have brought home a permission form regarding an upcoming Reptile Show that is taking place at SJA on March 8th. The event will give the children great information that will be used in an upcoming 'Charcteristics of Animals' unit. Please make sure the signed permission form and $5 are brought into school by March 1st.
Best regards,
Mrs. Nelson
Grade One Grade Two
1. we 1. farm
2. eat 2. corn
3. meal 3. hard
4. tree 4. park
5. three 5. part
6. feet 6. horse
7. heat 7. more
8. neat 8. far
9. glee 9. floor
10. really 10. warm
Friday, February 24, 2012
Good afternoon!
I hope everyone did well out on this gloomy day today! We had our award ceremony this morning and all the participants from yesterday's oral competition were recognized with either a medal or a ribbon for their hard work. Congratulations again to all of the winners!! We started off today with our weekly spelling test. The children are bringing home their marked spelling tests with them tonight. I am asking that all incorrectly spelled words (including the bonus word) get re-written ten times each in their spelling books. After spelling the children worked on language where they practiced their cursive, and worked on roots and suffixes. In our IB unit of Inquiry today the children completed their ROM reflection sheet from earlier this week. The marked worksheet will be coming home with each child tonight. We also spent some time reading famous children's tales such as Sleeping Beauty, Robin Hood and Peter Pan. As a class we had a discussion of how art is used to accompany these stories and to add to our understanding of the plot and characters. The children were then broken into groups and asked to design their own cover pages for the stories they had just heard. The children had a lot of fun with this activity. Ask your child tonight to share with you what story they illustrated. In math today the children worked on exploring shapes (grade one) and measuring the length of sides (grade two). We also read another chapter of The Tale of Despereaux today as a class. At the end of the day the students went to french class.
Homework: Read for 15 minutes and record in the reading chart, re-write incorrect spelling words ten times each, Letters and Sounds page 130 - 131, Math page 152 - 153 and cursive pages 136 - 137.
Important information: All children are brought home a permission form with them yesterday regarding an upcoming reptile show that is happening at SJA on March 8th. The children have a chance to learn about, view and maybe even hold a range of real life reptiles! This activity will correlate with an upcoming unit we have about life cycles of living things. Please send in the $5 with the permission form by March 1st.
The next casual day is taking place on March 1st. There will be two casual days for the month of March this year.
An information sheet has gone home with all students about the SJA Book Drive that is happening right now. We are hoping to have a successful book drive to help add to the SJA school library. Any used books or magazines that are no longer used by your familiy are appreciated. Thank you very much to the children who have already begun bringing in their used books.
Have a great weekend,
Mrs. Nelson
I hope everyone did well out on this gloomy day today! We had our award ceremony this morning and all the participants from yesterday's oral competition were recognized with either a medal or a ribbon for their hard work. Congratulations again to all of the winners!! We started off today with our weekly spelling test. The children are bringing home their marked spelling tests with them tonight. I am asking that all incorrectly spelled words (including the bonus word) get re-written ten times each in their spelling books. After spelling the children worked on language where they practiced their cursive, and worked on roots and suffixes. In our IB unit of Inquiry today the children completed their ROM reflection sheet from earlier this week. The marked worksheet will be coming home with each child tonight. We also spent some time reading famous children's tales such as Sleeping Beauty, Robin Hood and Peter Pan. As a class we had a discussion of how art is used to accompany these stories and to add to our understanding of the plot and characters. The children were then broken into groups and asked to design their own cover pages for the stories they had just heard. The children had a lot of fun with this activity. Ask your child tonight to share with you what story they illustrated. In math today the children worked on exploring shapes (grade one) and measuring the length of sides (grade two). We also read another chapter of The Tale of Despereaux today as a class. At the end of the day the students went to french class.
Homework: Read for 15 minutes and record in the reading chart, re-write incorrect spelling words ten times each, Letters and Sounds page 130 - 131, Math page 152 - 153 and cursive pages 136 - 137.
Important information: All children are brought home a permission form with them yesterday regarding an upcoming reptile show that is happening at SJA on March 8th. The children have a chance to learn about, view and maybe even hold a range of real life reptiles! This activity will correlate with an upcoming unit we have about life cycles of living things. Please send in the $5 with the permission form by March 1st.
The next casual day is taking place on March 1st. There will be two casual days for the month of March this year.
An information sheet has gone home with all students about the SJA Book Drive that is happening right now. We are hoping to have a successful book drive to help add to the SJA school library. Any used books or magazines that are no longer used by your familiy are appreciated. Thank you very much to the children who have already begun bringing in their used books.
Have a great weekend,
Mrs. Nelson
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Bonjour!
Today was the day of the big oral presentation! All the classes at SJA spent the morning in the auditorium listening to the poetry recitations of the SKs- grade 3, and the speeches of the grade 4s- 7s. It was a great morning and I was very proud of all of our class presenters. The results of the oral competition will be announced tomorrow morning at convocation. When we got back to class we began working on a writing exercise where the children were asked to create a list of things they bring on a a sleepover, items they need for their birthday party, or ways they can help their family. This is an important type of writing which requires skill and technique. The children had a lot of fun with this activity. We also read another chapter of The Tale of Despereaux today as a class. The students went to music and french classes today.
Homework: Read for 15 minutes and record in the reading chart, and cursive pages 134 - 135.
Important information: If any parents, friends, or families would like to attend tomorrow's convocation ceremony to watch the awards being handed out for the oral presentations please feel free. Convocation begins at 8:45am.
A big storm is expected for tomorrow morning/late tonight. Please check the school website for school closure information. It will be posted by 7am.
All children are bringing home a permission form with them tonight for an upcoming reptile show that is happening at SJA on March 8th. The children have a chance to learn about, view and maybe even hold a range of real life reptiles! This activity will correlate with an upcoming unit we have about life cycles of living things. Please send in the $5 with the permission form by March 1st.
The next casual day is taking place on March 1st. There will be two casual days for the month of March this year.
Please keep your eye out for the SJA Book Drive information sheet that came home with each student on Thursday afternoon. We are hoping to have a successful book drive to help add to the SJA school library. Thank you very much to the children who have already begun bringing in their used books.
Best regards,
Mrs. Nelson
Today was the day of the big oral presentation! All the classes at SJA spent the morning in the auditorium listening to the poetry recitations of the SKs- grade 3, and the speeches of the grade 4s- 7s. It was a great morning and I was very proud of all of our class presenters. The results of the oral competition will be announced tomorrow morning at convocation. When we got back to class we began working on a writing exercise where the children were asked to create a list of things they bring on a a sleepover, items they need for their birthday party, or ways they can help their family. This is an important type of writing which requires skill and technique. The children had a lot of fun with this activity. We also read another chapter of The Tale of Despereaux today as a class. The students went to music and french classes today.
Homework: Read for 15 minutes and record in the reading chart, and cursive pages 134 - 135.
Important information: If any parents, friends, or families would like to attend tomorrow's convocation ceremony to watch the awards being handed out for the oral presentations please feel free. Convocation begins at 8:45am.
A big storm is expected for tomorrow morning/late tonight. Please check the school website for school closure information. It will be posted by 7am.
All children are bringing home a permission form with them tonight for an upcoming reptile show that is happening at SJA on March 8th. The children have a chance to learn about, view and maybe even hold a range of real life reptiles! This activity will correlate with an upcoming unit we have about life cycles of living things. Please send in the $5 with the permission form by March 1st.
The next casual day is taking place on March 1st. There will be two casual days for the month of March this year.
Please keep your eye out for the SJA Book Drive information sheet that came home with each student on Thursday afternoon. We are hoping to have a successful book drive to help add to the SJA school library. Thank you very much to the children who have already begun bringing in their used books.
Best regards,
Mrs. Nelson
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Good afternoon!
I was away for parts of the day today for IB related meetings, but I was able to stop in to chat and work with the children in between. They started off their day today working on sentence writing. The children were asked to turn 5 of their weekly spelling words into sentences in their Bell Work books. During language they also worked on root words, suffixes, prefixes and cursive. We also read another chapter of The Tale of Despereaux where some exciting events have taken place! In our IB unit of inquiry, the children worked on a reflection of their trip to The ROM. They were asked to reflect on their favourite parts, exhibits they would recommend to a friend, and learner profile attributes they showed while there. During math today the children worked on understanding units of measurement (grade one) and sides and corners (grade two) or various objects. They also went to P.E and french classes today.
Homework: Read for 15 minutes and record in the reading chart, Letters and Sounds pages 128 - 129, Math pages 150 - 151 and cursive pages 132 - 133.
Important information: Tomorrow is our whole school oral competition! The children that have been selected from each class are going to compete to win gold, silver and bronze metals from our panel of judges. The competition begins at 9am, and friends and families are welcome to attend to watch the show! If your child is competing, please keep reminding them to practice, practice, practice!
The next casual day is taking place on March 1st. There will be two casual days for the month of March this year.
Please keep your eye out for the SJA Book Drive information sheet that came home with each student on Thursday afternoon. We are hoping to have a successful book drive to help add to the SJA school library. Thank you very much to the children who have already begun bringing in their used books.
Best regards,
Mrs. Nelson
I was away for parts of the day today for IB related meetings, but I was able to stop in to chat and work with the children in between. They started off their day today working on sentence writing. The children were asked to turn 5 of their weekly spelling words into sentences in their Bell Work books. During language they also worked on root words, suffixes, prefixes and cursive. We also read another chapter of The Tale of Despereaux where some exciting events have taken place! In our IB unit of inquiry, the children worked on a reflection of their trip to The ROM. They were asked to reflect on their favourite parts, exhibits they would recommend to a friend, and learner profile attributes they showed while there. During math today the children worked on understanding units of measurement (grade one) and sides and corners (grade two) or various objects. They also went to P.E and french classes today.
Homework: Read for 15 minutes and record in the reading chart, Letters and Sounds pages 128 - 129, Math pages 150 - 151 and cursive pages 132 - 133.
Important information: Tomorrow is our whole school oral competition! The children that have been selected from each class are going to compete to win gold, silver and bronze metals from our panel of judges. The competition begins at 9am, and friends and families are welcome to attend to watch the show! If your child is competing, please keep reminding them to practice, practice, practice!
The next casual day is taking place on March 1st. There will be two casual days for the month of March this year.
Please keep your eye out for the SJA Book Drive information sheet that came home with each student on Thursday afternoon. We are hoping to have a successful book drive to help add to the SJA school library. Thank you very much to the children who have already begun bringing in their used books.
Best regards,
Mrs. Nelson
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Happy Monday!
If anyone came to school without breakfast this morning, that problem was quickly solved with the pancake eating contest we had! It was a fun filled morning with house games, pancakes and house points being awarded to houses for a variety of things! A great way to start the school week!
Once we returned to class, we began working on spelling. The children copied down the new weekly spelling words and worked in their spelling workbooks on short 'o' words (grade one) and c/ck words (grade two). The children also heard another chapter of The Tale of Despereaux and worked on their cursive writing. During math today the children worked on estimating mass (grade one) and estimating length (grade two) or various objects. They also went to music, P.E and french classes today.
Homework: Read for 15 minutes and record in the reading chart, practice weekly spelling words, Spelling workbooks pages 89 - 92 (grade one) 85 - 88 (grade two), and cursive pages 130 - 131.
Important information: This Thursday we are having our whole school oral competition. The children that have been selected from each class are going to compete to win gold, silver and bronze metals from our panel of judges. The competition begins at 9am, and friends and families are welcome to attend to watch the show! If your child is competing, please keep reminding them to practice, practice, practice!
Tomorrow is going to be a gym day again. Gym days are going to be on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for the month of February.
The next casual day is taking place on March 1st. There will be two casual days for the month of March this year.
Please keep your eye out for the SJA Book Drive information sheet that came home with each student on Thursday afternoon. We are hoping to have a successful book drive to help add to the SJA school library.
Best regards,
Mrs. Nelson
Grade One Grade Two
1. home 1. race
2. road 2. stick
3. soap 3. colour
4. toad 4. kick
5. both 5. quick
6. toe 6. back
7. fold 7. became
8. rope 8. neck
9. told 9. cent
10. soak 10. city
If anyone came to school without breakfast this morning, that problem was quickly solved with the pancake eating contest we had! It was a fun filled morning with house games, pancakes and house points being awarded to houses for a variety of things! A great way to start the school week!
Once we returned to class, we began working on spelling. The children copied down the new weekly spelling words and worked in their spelling workbooks on short 'o' words (grade one) and c/ck words (grade two). The children also heard another chapter of The Tale of Despereaux and worked on their cursive writing. During math today the children worked on estimating mass (grade one) and estimating length (grade two) or various objects. They also went to music, P.E and french classes today.
Homework: Read for 15 minutes and record in the reading chart, practice weekly spelling words, Spelling workbooks pages 89 - 92 (grade one) 85 - 88 (grade two), and cursive pages 130 - 131.
Important information: This Thursday we are having our whole school oral competition. The children that have been selected from each class are going to compete to win gold, silver and bronze metals from our panel of judges. The competition begins at 9am, and friends and families are welcome to attend to watch the show! If your child is competing, please keep reminding them to practice, practice, practice!
Tomorrow is going to be a gym day again. Gym days are going to be on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for the month of February.
The next casual day is taking place on March 1st. There will be two casual days for the month of March this year.
Please keep your eye out for the SJA Book Drive information sheet that came home with each student on Thursday afternoon. We are hoping to have a successful book drive to help add to the SJA school library.
Best regards,
Mrs. Nelson
Grade One Grade Two
1. home 1. race
2. road 2. stick
3. soap 3. colour
4. toad 4. kick
5. both 5. quick
6. toe 6. back
7. fold 7. became
8. rope 8. neck
9. told 9. cent
10. soak 10. city
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